FICORA intervenes in misspellings & fi-domains

[Eric Lyon]

More cracking down on cyber squatters with typo domains.

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) is examining hundreds of deliberately misspelled fi-domain names of Finnish companies and services. A total of 886 fi-domain names are being examined. They were applied for via a Maltese registrar but registered under a Finnish holder.

FICORA has contacted the Finnish holder and the Maltese registrar and continues to investigate the case. The Maltese registrar's right to apply for new fi-domain names has been denied until further notice.

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